Hanger for pictures and mirrors.



G. THOMPSON.

HANGER FOR PICTURES AND MIRRORS.

APPLICATION FlLED NOV. 27., 1912.

1,22%,5 1 3a Patented May 1, 1917.

HIS nrronwsra GEORGE THOMPSON, 0F NEW YORK, N. Y.

- HANGER FOR PICTURES AND MIRRORS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May it, 1917.

Application filed November 27, 1912. Serial No. 733,727.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE Trioz-irson, a subject of the King of Great Britain, residing at the borough of Manhattan, in the city, county, and State of New York, have invented an Improvement in Hangers for Pictures and Mirrors, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to hooks or hangers for pictures, mirrors and the like, and its object is to provide a simple and cheap article adapted to be secured to a wall or partition behind a. picture or mirror and support the same in such manner that the supporting cord or wire is held from slipping upon the hook and the accidental displacement of the picture or mirror prevented.

The device may be cut out by a die from a single piece of sheet metal.

In the accompanying drawing:

Figure 1 is a front elevation of one form of my improved hanger.

Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the same.

Fig. 3 is a front elevation of a slightly modified form.

Fig. I is a front elevation of my improved hanger showing a form adapted for the support of a very heavy picture or mirror, and Fig. 5 is a perspective view showing a frame supported according to my invention.

Similar reference numerals indicate like parts throughout the several views.

1, indicates the hook for receiving the cord or wire attached to the picture or mirror. This hook is cut out of the blank and bent forward so that the cord or wire may be placed over it and rest at either side of the hook in a V-shaped support.

This hook 1, is cut out of the central part of th blank, while at the same operation the projecting arms 2 are formed. In the free ends of each of these arms 2, there are provided holes t, for the reception of tacks or nails to be driven into a wall or partition.

In the form shown in Figs. 1, 2 and 5, the hanger is provided with two vertical arms, one above the hook 1 and the other below the same. The hanger rests flat against the wall or partition, and the lower arm 2 acts as a support.

In the form shown in Fig. 3 the hanger is provided with one vertical arm 2 above the hook 1, and with two spaced apart arms 2 below the hook at opposite angular positions to the vertical arm above the hook. These lower diagonally disposed arms 2 give additional strength to the hanger.

In Fig. 4: I have shown a form of my improvedhanger especially adapted for supporting a picture or mirror of considerable weight. In this instance the hanger is provided wlth two hooks 1, and a connecting strip 5 between the arms 2, which are provided on the outer sides of the hanger both above and below the hooks 1, and inclined from bottom to top toward each other. These arms are provided at their respective free ends with holes I for the reception of tacks or nails, and the connecting strip 3, is provided at its center between the hooks 1 with a like hole 4.

In cutting out the hooks 1, the edges are left sharp and a V-shaped bearing for the cord or wire is provided at each side of the hook. When a picture or mirror is hung upon the hanger, the weight of the picture or mirror draws the cord or wire tightly into these V-shaped bearings, whereby the cord or wire is gripped or locked sufliciently to prevent any lateral displacement by sudden jar or vibration of the walls, or in dusting the picture or mirror, and thus overcoming in a very simple manner the troubles well known to housekeepers in keeping pictures in their proper positions upon walls where supported by hooks or hangers in common use.

"While my improved hanger is particularly designed to be placed behind the picture or mirror which it supports, and thus be out of sight, it willbe readily understood that, if desired, it may be placed above such picture or mirror, and that in such case it may be desirable to ornament the hanger in any suitable manner.

I claim as my invention:

A picture hanger having a flat body portion and a single projecting member cut therefrom and bent forward at an acute angle forming a sharp V-shaped grip at each side of said projecting member at its base.

Signed by me this 20th day of November 1912.

GEORGE THOMPSON.

Witnesses:

BERTHA M. ALLEN, Gno. T. PINCKNEY.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. G. 

